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The Final Lines of Sophocles, King Oedipus (1524–30)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2009
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ῶ φάτρασ θῄβησ ἔνοικοι, λεσσετ', οíδíπονσ ὄδε
ὄσ τά κλεíν' αíνíγματ' ἤδει και κράτιστοσ ἦν άνἠρ,
οὕ τíσ οὕ ζἠλῴ πολιτῶν ταῖσ τύχαισ ἐπἐβλεπεν,
εíσ ὄντ' ἑκεíνην τἠν τελενταíαν íσεíν
ἠμἐραν ἐπισκοποῦντα μνδἐν' ὄλβíζεη, πρíν άν
τἑρμα τού βíον περάσῃ μηδἑν ὰλγεινóν παθὡν.
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